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to choke ; to strangle ; to work a fuel lever or feed the flow of fuel to an engine 질식시키다 ; 목을 조르다 ; 연료 장치를 작동하다, 엔진에 연료를 공급하다

• "If that can jumps onto the counter one more time, I'm going to throttle her," said Bryce, rising grimly to is feet.
  "그 고양이가 한번만 더 계산대로 뛰어오르면, 목을 졸라 버릴 거야." 함악하게 일어서면서 브라이스가 말했다.
• The pilot's frantic throttling was to no avail ; the engine would not respond because the airplane was out of fuel!
  비행사는 서둘러 연료공급장치를 가동시켰지만 소용이 없었다 ; 그 비행기는 연료가 바닥났기 때문에, 엔진은 좀처럼 가동되지 않았다.
• 이 단어는 명사로도 쓰인다.
  
• A car's throttle is its gas pedal. To make a car go faster, you step on the throttle.
• to run an engine at full throttle 은 전속력으로 달린다는 뜻.
  to do anything else at a full throttle 은 전력을 다하여 빠르게 일하는 것이다.
• When Nicky has an idea for a poem, she runs to her desk and works at full throttle until the poem is finished ; she doesn't even stop to answer the phone or go to the bathroom.